Analysis of Sony's Financial Status

On January 18th 2013, Sony announced that it would sell its headquarter building in New York so that its operating profit, which was negative in the last year, would amount to 685,000,000 dollars in the fiscal year ending on March 31st.
On August 2013, news came out that
Sony was officially bankrupt, which was later clarified by Sony.

Is Sony really undergoing financial difficulties?

Structure
Introduction
Liquidity
Financial
Analysis

Financial
Position
Solvency
Ratio
Analysis
Future of
Mobile

Operating
Efficiency

Profitability and Prospect

Organizational structure

Organization structure
1712.3

salse and operating revenue

(Yen in billion)

1282.7

1004.6

993.8
906.4

756.6
726.8

744.6
679.9

771.4
677.2
584.0

631.5
622.4

527.1

869.0
798.5

2011
2012

732.1
656.1
599.7

2013
532.6
465.7
449.8

457.8
431.7
430.8

122.0

IP&S

Game

MP&C

HE&S

Devices

Pictures

Music

Financial Services

All other

(Yen in billion)

operating income/loss

145.8
118.8

131.4
91.0

52.4

48.5
18.6

1.7

1.4
IP&S

34.9

29.3

Game

5.3

43.9

38.7 34.1

47.8

38.9 36.9 37.2

7.2

2011

MP&C

HE&S

Devices
(22.1)

Pictures

Music

Financial Services

All
(13.8) other
(54.1)

(73.2)
(97.2)

(84.3)

(203.2)

2012
2013

Competition

Its main competitors include Samsung and Apple, which are industry leaders in terms of Market Capitalization and financial ratios.

Competition

Samsung has long been a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, chips,flash memory and hard drive devices for clients such as Apple, Sony, and HTC

Financial Position
Analysis based on years

Financial Position
Analysis based on years

Financial Position
Analysis based on proportions
Year 2010

Year 2009
5%

9%

2%

5%

8%

2%
7%

8%
60%